#!/usr/bin/env python3 from string import ascii_letters priority = {letter:index+1 for index,letter in enumerate(ascii_letters)} def main(): with open('day3', 'r') as file: lines = file.readlines() priorities = 0 for line in lines: length_compartments = int(len(line) / 2) first = line[:length_compartments] second = line[length_compartments:] for item in first: if item in second: priorities += priority[item] break print(priorities) priorities = 0 for index, line in enumerate(lines): mod_index = (index + 1) % 3 match mod_index: case 1: first = line case 2: second = line case 0: third = line for item in first: if (item in second) and (item in third): priorities += priority[item] break print(priorities) if __name__ == '__main__': main()